{"id":542536,"date":"2010-04-24T09:56:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T13:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=5606"},"modified":"2010-04-24T09:56:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T13:56:52","slug":"jo-nova-opens-her-diary-spectator-co-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/542536","title":{"rendered":"Jo Nova opens her diary, spectator.co.uk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article Tags: Joanne Nova<\/a><\/p>\n

The Spectator gave me an unusual assignment. An open-ended request to gather thoughts over a couple of weeks and note them in a diary. It\u2019s an interesting genre because it brings out messages that might not come to life otherwise. This was printed in the Australian Edition of The Spectator Magazine, out today<\/em><\/p>\n

I glow. I find that I\u2019ve made it to a select list of global sceptics touted by Oxfam. Apparently my \u2018network\u2019 influence is comparable to NASA (judging by the size of the balls). Hilarious! The consultancy that produced this is named \u2014 in a parody of itself \u2014 Unsimplify. They don\u2019t seem to realise that any half-wit can \u2018complexify\u2019. But it\u2019s high praise from my opponents about my apparent global political influence: \u2018A small group of dedicated people… succeeded in accomplishing the most impressive PR coup of the 21st century.\u2019 Shucks. The late nights feel worthwhile. I\u2019m beaming.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the global network chart itself is so meaningless it\u2019s self-satire. Oxfam paid for this \u2018research\u2019. It\u2019s a scandalous waste of donors\u2019 money. Is the world in danger from anthropogenic climate change? We won\u2019t find out by following \u2018html link networks\u2019. (The evidence, man, the evidence\u2026) David and I laugh late into the night about it though. <\/p>\n

Another day I post my reply to a professor who went out of his way to embarrass himself on ABC Unleashed. He claims he\u2019s talking evidence, but instead talks about Ivan Milat, AIDS, the length of the IPCC report, and somehow he thinks that scoring lots of Google Scholar hits is a reason to set up a trillion dollar market. I\u2019m thinking \u2018delusional\u2019. While I\u2019m unmercilessly tough on his reasoning, 40,000 black ants have set up a six-lane highway in our dining room. But I don\u2019t want to be too mean, so I block off the crack in the wall, and put down a sheet of paper with honey on it. I\u2019m hoping they will congregate there for dessert, and I can move them outside with their free meal. It\u2019s futile. Six ants order sweets and 40,000 ants start hunting for another exit. I laugh at the irony. I outwit a professor, but the ants outwit me. <\/p>\n

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